misk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoShovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down12
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkShovel Knight artist says throwback games need 'retro authenticity' but can't coast on nostalgia alone: 'Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea'www.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoI dunno about “everything” being a new idea. There definitely were some, but there were a lot of clones of other games and genres being beaten to death just like now. Mario-style platformer? Side-scrolling beat-em-up? Couldn’t count them all.
I dunno about “everything” being a new idea. There definitely were some, but there were a lot of clones of other games and genres being beaten to death just like now.
Mario-style platformer? Side-scrolling beat-em-up? Couldn’t count them all.